Bruce Biccard and Dean Gopalan discuss their work looking at the poor outcomes for COVID-19 hospital patients across Africa, the first study of its kind, and Kwame McKenzie talks about how Canada has dealt with COVID-19 and what lessons have been learned about health equity.Bruce and Dean's study on COVID-19 outcomes for African hospital patients can be read at:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00441-4/fulltext